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Toast Soldiers

2024 · 17 min

A quiet, raw chamber piece that sits with grief and makes you feel the weight of every unspoken word.

Directed by
Paul Stainthorpe
Genres
Drama
Starring
Rhiannon Jones, Jacob Anderton, Kylie Ann Ford
Overview
Haunted by the grief of baby loss, Alice and Joe navigate their path to parenthood. With emotions high, will Alice lose faith in something that means everything?

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Directed by
Paul Stainthorpe
Genres
Drama
Starring
Rhiannon Jones, Jacob Anderton, Kylie Ann Ford
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • parenthood
  • faith
  • love
  • healing
Places
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity4
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Paul Stainthorpe
Written by
Lou Burns
Starring
Rhiannon Jones, Jacob Anderton, Kylie Ann Ford, Leah Baskaran, Cara Simmons
Runtime
17 min
Languages
English

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